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More often than I care to admit, I bump into a problem that
shakes the very core of my being and challenges the heart of my
belief system. At such times, I feel the world closing in around
me and a tendency toward desperation begins to raise its ugly
head. My first impulse is to fight back, to attack the
attacker, to react by either running from or toward the
problem.
But I do not follow my first impulse any longer. I now stand
back and look at the problem for a while. I observe it from
different points of view, all the while realizing that I am not
the problem but that the problem is just an indication of a
small adjustment I have to make in my thinking.
No problem is bigger and more powerful than we are. We are all
children of the Infinite. The Universe is biased on our side.
We have within us untapped strength and wisdom to deal with all
challenges that come our way.
All problems have within them the seeds of their solution. We
must learn to listen to the Silence, to hear the instructions
from within and to follow the “still small voice.” Life
whispers to us all the time. It tells us to go this way or
that, to take this road or the other. When we are frightened by
what appears to be major problems, we block the “still, small
voice” from our consciousness and only hear the howling winds
and the thunder of the storm.
Find a quiet spot in the middle of the turbulence. Go to a
quiet place within your soul and stay there for a short while.
Do not rant and rave at the problem. Just go to this spot and
let your fears be calmed, even for a moment. Don’t listen to
the call of the problem but, rather, listen for a few seconds
to the song of your soul.
I often say that it’s not what’s happening around you that
causes anxiety, but what you think about what’s happening
around you. Remove your thoughts from the problem for a short
while. Don’t try NOT to think about the problem. That doesn’t
work. Just remove your focus from the problem and think of
something else. With a little practice, it becomes second
nature.
Know that you’re bigger and stronger than anything that seems
to annoy you. Look away, for a short while, from your problem
and know that its solution is coming to you. Trust the force
that created you and placed you in this part of the universe.
Trust the process that has sustained you until now. Let go of
the problem. Remember that it is not the problem that’s holding
on to you, but that it’s you who are holding on to it.
Let it go. Don’t be like the man who was frantically rowing
away from shore while his boat was firmly tied to the dock. If
you want to get to the other side of the problem, you must cut
the rope that’s holding you to the dock.
Soon you’ll begin to see signs that you’re on your way to
success. Don’t stop what you’re doing and look around all day
for such signs. You WILL see them. Ideas will come to you.
You’ll have strange urges to take action by calling someone,
writing a letter, sending an email. This is the “still, small
voice” speaking to you.
Your problems are not more powerful than you are. You have the
key to success. It is your birthright. No one can ever take it
away from you. Be still and know who you are. Be calm and feel
the countless tides of the centuries running through your mind.
Know that you’re unique and that there is not another human
being on this earth that has the combination of talents and
abilities you have. You are as valid as the sun and the stars.
As Commander Spock would say…”Live long and prosper.”
About The Author: Lecturer, entrepreneur and MBA business
consultant, John Harricharan is the author of the award-winning
book, “When You Can Walk on Water, Take the Boat.” For more
information, visit: http://www.spiritual-simplicity.com
http://www.vish-writer.com
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